Software Engineer, ChatGPT for Work at OpenAI

Seattle, Washington, United States

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$300,000 – $325,000Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, Artificial IntelligenceIndustries

Requirements

  • 5+ years of product engineering experience building and shipping user-facing features end-to-end
  • Strength in modern web stacks (e.g., TypeScript/JavaScript, React) and at least one backend language (we use Python)
  • Experience with relational databases (e.g., Postgres/MySQL) and comfort optimizing for speed and scale
  • Product intuition: you talk to users, prioritize signal over noise, and iterate quickly
  • Ability to thrive with ambiguity and move fast in a high-impact, high-ownership environment
  • Knowledge graphs, embeddings/retrieval, vector stores, or near-real-time data pipelines
  • Building secure, compliant enterprise features (authN/Z, data governance, auditability)
  • Observability and performance tuning across the stack

Responsibilities

  • Co-create the “rubric” for how org knowledge is captured, linked, evaluated, and applied in product flows
  • Build graph-backed, real-time systems that stay fresh by default (streaming + incremental updates)
  • Ship enterprise-grade, first-party ChatGPT for Work features end-to-end (prototype → launch → iterate)
  • Make pragmatic architecture choices that balance speed, reliability, and privacy/security for enterprise users
  • Wear the founder hat: define scope, set milestones, measure impact—own outcomes, not tickets

Skills

TypeScript
JavaScript
React
Python
Postgres
MySQL
Knowledge Graphs
Embeddings
Retrieval

OpenAI

Develops safe and beneficial AI technologies

About OpenAI

OpenAI develops and deploys artificial intelligence technologies aimed at benefiting humanity. The company creates advanced AI models capable of performing various tasks, such as automating processes and enhancing creativity. OpenAI's products, like Sora, allow users to generate videos from text descriptions, showcasing the versatility of its AI applications. Unlike many competitors, OpenAI operates under a capped profit model, which limits the profits it can make and ensures that excess earnings are redistributed to maximize the social benefits of AI. This commitment to safety and ethical considerations is central to its mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence (AGI) serves all of humanity.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2015Year Founded
$18,433.2MTotal Funding
LATE_VCCompany Stage
AI & Machine LearningIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental and vision insurance
Flexible spending account for healthcare and dependent care
Mental healthcare service
Fertility treatment coverage
401(k) with generous matching
20-week paid parental leave
Life insurance (complimentary)
AD&D insurance (complimentary)
Short-term/long-term disability insurance (complimentary)
Optional buy-up life insurance
Flexible work hours and unlimited paid time off (we encourage 4+ weeks per year)
Annual learning & development stipend
Regular team happy hours and outings
Daily catered lunch and dinner
Travel to domestic conferences

Risks

Elon Musk's legal battle may pose financial and reputational challenges for OpenAI.
Customizable ChatGPT personas could lead to privacy and ethical concerns.
Competitors like Anthropic raising capital may intensify market competition.

Differentiation

OpenAI's capped profit model prioritizes ethical AI development over unlimited profit.
OpenAI's AI models, like Sora, offer unique video creation from text descriptions.
OpenAI's focus on AGI aims to create AI systems smarter than humans.

Upsides

OpenAI's $6.6 billion funding boosts its AI research and computational capacity.
Customizable ChatGPT personas enhance user engagement and satisfaction.
OpenAI's 'Operator' AI agent could revolutionize workforce automation by 2025.

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